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WAIFLIKE
Definition of WAIFLIKE
adjective
Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From waif + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
WAIFLIKE in a sentence
“In the doorway, a giant male fairy with butterfly wings is lighting the cigarette of a waiflike girl dressed in black.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAIFLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAIFLIKE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFIIKLW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found WAIFLIKE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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